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Live Updates: Jimmy Carter's state funeral in Washington

Jan 09, 2025 View Original Article
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    10% Center

  • Reliability

    50% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    4% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -23% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

85% : Pressed on if criticism of Carter was appropriate during the solemn funeral rites, Trump responded, "I liked him as a man.
66% : Martin Luther King Sr. was a key advocate for Carter in his 1976 campaign and delivered the benediction at the his nominating convention that year and four years later.
58% : Trump and Melania enter the cathedralTrump and his wife, Melania, are entering Washington National Cathedral and being ushered to their seats.
53% : As she and her husband entered, former first lady Hillary Clinton walked around the end of the row on which Trump was sitting, going first to greet Bush and others.
47% : WATCH LIVE: Jimmy Carter funeral events - 39th president's state funeral in WashingtonHere's the latest:10:00 a.m. ESTFormer presidents and spouses sit near each otherOther former presidents and their wives are being seated just down the row from Trump, including George W. Bush and his wife, former first lady Laura Bush.
46% : Another point of note is that Carter's funeral appears to be the first time that Pence and his former running mate, Trump, will be in the same space as Pence since their term together and fractured relationship following the Jan. 6 violence at the U.S. Capitol.
38% : Carter forged a path that still challenges political assumptions and stands out among the 45 men who reached the nation's highest office.
33% : Obama and Trump sit togetherObama has taken his seat next to Trump, chatting with his successor in office, who did not stand to greet him but shook hands.
27% : REUTERS/Nathan HowardWhich presidents will attend Carter's funeral?Expected at Carter's funeral are the five living men who have also served as president: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.
21% : Trump and Pence shake handsTrump and Pence have shaken hands as the former president takes his seat, just in front of his former vice president.
9% : That set an example followed by Al Gore under Bill Clinton, Dick Cheney under George W. Bush, and Joe Biden under Barack Obama.
1% : Even during funeral rites, Trump criticized Carter's presidencyAs Carter's remains left Georgia Tuesday, President-elect Donald Trump criticized the late former president during a news conference in Florida for ceding control of the Panama Canal to its home country.

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